Jesse
Cutler |
From
Godspell Stage
To Playgirl Centerfold
 ESSE
CUTLER has been a musician, composer, actor, producer,
entrepreneur and even a Playgirl centerfold. He has performed with his bands and in the
original cast of Godspell
on Broadway, made records that made Billboard’s
Top 100, formed his own companies and appeared on TV and radio and
in national print.
Born Louis Milo Gibaldi, by age 12 Jesse was
surrounded by celebrity. Signed by Mercury Records in 1964,
Jesse’s first band, the Young Executives, saw their single Everybody
Do the Duck hit the Billboard
Top 100 charts.
They were invited to appear on American Bandstand, The Merv
Griffin Show, Hullaballoo
and Shindig. At charity
fundraisers and private parties on
Long Island
, they played in the company of the Rolling
Stones, Sammy Davis, Jr., Barbra Streisand, Anthony Newley, Joan
Collins and the Beatles.
Now, after a decade-long respite from the glow
of
Hollywood
, Jesse is riding a comeback. In his book, StarLust:
The Price of Fame (Morgan James), he asks would-be celebrities
and their parents, “Are you willing to pay the price?”
A cautionary tale fostered by his 40-plus years
in show business, StarLust
chronicles Jesse’s life from his beginnings in
Brooklyn
and formative years as a teen rock star, then on to Broadway where
his work as part of the original cast of Godspell
won him a Grammy Award. David
Letterman’s bandleader, Paul
Shaffer, wrote the foreword to the book.
“I wanted to share my experiences and help
those who are on the edge of fame,” he says from his office in
Orlando
. “There are so many traps to avoid. But there’s also a great
sense of accomplishment and reward once you do grab that brass ring
and enter the spotlight.”
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